‘Laid’ Trailer: Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet Chart a ‘Sex Timeline’ to Save Exes from Their Untimely Deaths

Stephanie Hsu and Zosia Mamet are superheroes of a different sort, and putting the “ex” back in sexy.

The duo lead Peacock series “Laid,” which is billed as a “fucked up rom-com” about a woman (Hsu) whose exes all seem to be dying in unusual ways.

The official synopsis reads: “Ruby (Hsu) finds out her former lovers are dying in unusual ways and must go back through her sex timeline to confront her past in order to move forward, all with help from her best friend AJ (Zosia Mamet).”

Simu Liu, Kate Berlant, Alexandra Shipp, Finneas O’Connell, Andre Hyland, Olivia Holt, David Denman, Chloe Fineman, Ettore “Big E” Ewen, and John Early guest star. Along with Hsu and Mamet, Michael Angarano and Tommy Martinez are series regulars.

Oscar-nominated “Everything Everywhere All at Once” actress Hsu leads the twisted series about what to do if your exes, ranging from “the guys, the girls, the one-night stands, the man she only remembers as ‘Green Day Shirt,’ and John Early” per the logline, are all about to die.

The “Joy Ride” star also executive produces “Laid.” The series is executive produced by co-showrunners Nahnatchka Khan (“Totally Killer,” “Young Rock,” “Fresh Off the Boat,” “Always Be My Maybe”) and Sally Bradford McKenna (“Son of Zorn”).

“When we started to develop ‘Laid,’ we were intrigued by the idea of bringing back the old-school, traditional romantic comedy (swelling music! kisses in the rain! Anne Hathaway or someone who is also appealing!), but because we were living in such a dark time (pandemic! industry strikes!), we felt it needed to have some kind of twist,” Khan and McKenna said in a press statement. “Sure, it could be optimistic and heartwarming and make you believe in love again, but it should probably also have suspense and death and blood. The premise of ‘Laid,’ a woman discovers all of her exes are dying in mysterious ways, seemed exactly what we were looking for: a fucked-up rom-com.”  

John Davis and John Fox additionally executive produce for Davis Entertainment, along with Fierce Baby’s Jennifer Carreras, Porchlight Films’ Marieke Hardy, Kirsty Fisher, and Liz Watts, and All3Media International.

“Laid” is a production from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group. All eight episodes of the half-hour series will debut at once.

In addition to “Laid,” Hsu also has upcoming Universal film “Par for the Course” in the works alongside Quinta Brunson, who is producing and co-writing the film. Brunson’s “Abbott Elementary” scribe Justin Tan co-writes and directs.

“Laid” premieres December 19 on Peacock. Check out the trailer below.